"Shut your mouth." Madam Qu endured and spoke fiercely, her eyes looking up. "What use are you here? You can't help the Chen family grow branches and leaves, and you don't have the ability to be smooth and tactful. Marrying you as my wife is the thing I regret most in my life!"

Second wife Xu's face turned pale, but she still stood in front of Second Master Chen Cai and Xianjin, stubbornly refusing to give in.

The third wife, Mrs. Sun, had red eyes. She poked her head out to see that her son and stepdaughter were neatly dressed, one with pillows and bedding on the bed, and the other lying on the ground. She then let out a long sigh of relief.

It’s okay!

Fortunately, my son is also timid!

Cowards are blessed! Cowards are loved! Cowardly bastards live forever!

Thinking of her husband whose legs were broken last night, bitter tears welled up in her heart again: Chen Fu got the news yesterday and hurried back home. As soon as she came back, she rushed into the Bi Ma Hall to question her mother-in-law. Naturally, her mother-in-law never took Chen Fu seriously and did not lie to her at all. Her words were extremely harsh. The mother and son were like a firecracker and a tinderbox, which would catch fire at a touch.

Chen Fu wanted to come to Yi's yard to save her daughter, but her mother-in-law said that if Chen Fu dared to go, she would break his legs.

As soon as Chen Fu stepped out of the yard, he was knocked to the ground by a huge log behind him. He was then beaten with thirty boards on the spot. The last board was so heavy that he howled loudly to the sky and lost consciousness immediately.

"...The Third Master's life or death is uncertain now. We are all family, mother, please think about it again." Sun finally spoke, and tears streamed down her face as she spoke.

"What did you say?" Xianjin looked at Sun with sharp eyes.

Sun cried, "Your father has not woken up since he was beaten. The old lady forbade us to call a doctor, saying that he might as well die!"

Xianjin suddenly became furious and turned his head to look at Madam Qu. "Even a tiger won't eat its own cubs. Madam, why are you doing this?"

Madam Qu looked at the candlesticks in the hall, the wedding characters pasted all over the window paper, and the red cloth and red handkerchiefs all laid out. She smiled leisurely and looked at Xianjin calmly, "I love my son, of course, but it depends on whether you love your father. When you get married, I will ask Chen Fu to send him to the hospital."

Xianjin clenched her fists in disbelief: She had thought of eight hundred ways that Madam Qu could force her to submit, but she had overlooked this one!

"The Third Master was beaten thirty times, all on his waist and legs, especially his two legs, which must have been broken. He is now running a high fever in the stable. If he doesn't get medical treatment in time, his life will be fine, but his already slow brain may be completely damaged."

Madam Qu folded her hands in front of her stomach, looked at Xianjin and smiled, "Ask yourself, although I'm not very kind to you, your father has always been very caring towards you - are you really willing to delay his life?"

Madam Qu laughed again, "I don't know whether you did it on purpose or not. The fat black girl who used to follow you closely, Zhou Ergou, and the stewards you promoted are not here... After all, Steward Zhong is from a scholar family, I can't control him... After thinking about it, I can only rely on your father."

Xianjin clenched his teeth tightly, thinking quickly: Maybe, the concubine can divorce? Is there a precedent for concubines divorcing? If she agrees first and saves Chen Fu, will she have room to slowly think of a solution?

Xianjin stood still, his face alternating between blue, white, black and red.

She believed that Mrs. Qu could do what she said.

Old Madam Qu has always had an indifferent attitude towards Chen Fu.

What should she do now?

Should he pretend to be obedient to save Chen Fu's life? Or should he burn his boats and test the true strength of Madam Qu?

Xian Jin was wavering and undecided for the first time. She remembered the sudden scream last night. Now thinking about it, it seemed to be Chen Fu's voice.

Xianjin looked at Chen Sanya who was curled up on the ground, then looked at Sun who was stunned but in tears, and he gritted his teeth and was about to speak.

"grandmother--"

A voice, tired but with a hint of excitement and intensity.

Everyone turned around, Xianjin raised his chin and looked forward.

Chen Jianfang, wearing a sky-grey gown, came in exhausted, standing in the courtyard like a emaciated man, with tired eyes and tightly pursed lips. He lifted his long skirt and strode forward. His eyes first fell on Xianjin, and then slowly moved to Old Madam Qu.

"Why are you back?" Madam Qu's voice was full of sarcasm. "There are less than five months left! Less than five months! You will take the exam! What are you doing back? Don't you want to take the exam?"

Chen Jianfang looked at Old Madam Qu quietly with sad eyes.

Madam Qu's throat seemed to be stuck by an invisible hand, and it took her a long while to recover. "Don't look at grandma like that!"

Madam Qu pointed to the house, "A man and a woman alone in the same room... I feel sorry for Xianjin who grew up in the Chen family, so I don't want to make a fuss. I just want to make it look good! It's because she has a bad character and can't stand loneliness. The Chen family has provided her with food and shelter..."

"Grandma!" Chen Jianfang raised his eyes again, his eyes were filled with suppressed anger, "I know the whole story! Why do you handle things this way..."

Chen Jianfang swallowed all the words that followed, stood with his back to the outside world, and said with great momentum, "All irrelevant people, get out!"

The servants of the Chen family didn't want to see this ghost riot! When they heard this, they all ran away.

The matchmaker didn't want to run away and still wanted money.

Chen Jian said in a concise dialect, "Get lost!"

Matchmaker: Okay!

She immediately turned around, twisted her plump buttocks, and ran out following the crowd.

In the entire Yiyuan, there are only the second wife and her husband, the third wife's Sun, Xianjin and Chen Sanya who did not have the time to get married, and the grandparents and grandchildren who are at odds with each other.

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